Re: Food for thought

: : : : Just in case some of you don't know it, the link below
takes you to the Googlefight site, where a not particularly scientific
comparison of www "hits" between two words or phrases can be simply
carried out.

: : : : I give you the results of a few fights I idly initiated,
some of which are more encouraging than others.

: : : Somewhat to the point for this forum, "popular" edged out
"correct" 19,800,000 to 15,900,000.

: : : This pastime inspires an idea for a new game, Googletie (long
"i," if you please, and if that's difficult, let's call the whole
thing Googledraw). In Googlewhacking one seeks two words that yield
just one hit. In Googletieing one would seek two words or phrases
that yield equal numbers of hits.

: : Not indicative of who won the fight here on Election Day.

:
: I just had to know what was most damaging to kid's long term health
and this is the result:
: Big Mac
: (2 040 000 results) versus Junk Food
: ( 541 000 results)

:
: The winner is: Big Mac

I was reading an article about the crisis of McDonalds in The NY
Times and was surprised to learn that the quality of the meat used
in their burgers is far and away much higher quality than what most
of us have access to in the supermarket. And still it tastes as
it does...

Makes you think. Sorry I can't put the URL up. The NYT database
seems to be down.